(Matthew 20:1-16 NLT) “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work. “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing. “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’ “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’ “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’ “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’ “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” Kingdom Workers 1. God is constantly people to turn from their sins and enter into His Kingdom by to believe in Jesus: Believe in He is: The of God. (John 14:6 NIV) I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. Believe in WHAT He said. (John 14:6 NIV) I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. Believe in what He HAS DONE. (1 Peter 2:24 NLT) He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. 2. God is FAIR and JUST. Every Kingdom Worker will be rewarded for their . (Matthew 25:21 NLT) “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’ Rewards are not based on of work but of service. (Matthew 25:40 NLT) “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ 3. brings great benefits in God’s Kingdom. closes the door to God’s abundance. (James 4:6 NLT) “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (Matthew 18:3 NIV) Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. CRITICAL QUESTIONS: 1. Have you Humbly said to Jesus’ call to enter into His Kingdom? 2. Are you being faithful to do He asks you to do? 3. The things you are doing, is it to bring glory to or is it to promote ?